The significant incursion into the US Treasury market by the Fed has imparted legacy issues that potentially undermine its functionality. Primary dealers' capacity to undertake market-making has been impaired.
Hedge funds are playing a larger role in the distribution and provision of price information of Treasuries to other investors via the use of leverage in the repo market.
Significant dysfunctionality in the US Treasury market has adverse implications for global liquidity due to its influence on riskier segments of the capital structure, notably corporate bonds and equities.